IDENTIFIERS
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id:	124938
accession number:	CG 753

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 7 June 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Head of Medusa, facing to the front, features contorted with pain, wings springing through her tangled hair, and a pair of snakes knotted under her chin.  Mount: gold setting with suspension loop.
title:	medallion

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Shannon Bequest


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities
collection:	Ricketts and Shannon Collection
creditline: The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124938





CATEGORIES
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category: engraved gems

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	16th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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value: 22

value: 24



CITATIONS
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Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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